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Echeneis - type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras

fish genus - any of various genus of fish

Echeneididae, family Echeneidae, family Echeneididae - fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships

Echeneis naucrates, sharksucker - remoras found attached to sharks

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[41.] Antonelli L, Quilichini Y, Marchand B (2010) Biological study of Furnestinia echeneis Euzet and Audouin 1959 (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea: Diplectanidae), parasite of cultured Gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata (Linnaeus 1758) (Pisces: Teleostei) from Corsica.

Surface topography of the anterior adhesive apparatus of the gill monogenean parasite Diplectanum sp. diesing, 1858, with some surface criteria

Echeneis lineata = Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus: Sharksucker; p.

The plates in holbrook's ichthyology of south carolina, 1860

This dolphin is commonly found to be associated with the humpback whale in the Abrolhos Bank, where it captures fish associated with the whales, such as the sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates, Wedekin et al., 2004).

Cetacean records along a coastal-offshore gradient in the Vitoria-Trindade Chain, western South Atlantic Ocean/Registros de cetaceos ao longo de um gradiente costeiro-pelagico na Cadeia Vitoria-Trindade, Oceano Atlantico Sul ocidental

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